Florida resident Mike Rogers has championed policies that have hurt Michigan families, small businesses and farmers. Rogers supported bad trade deals which harmed Michigan’s economy, opposed expanding healthcare which provided healthcare for Michiganders, put big pharma ahead of Michigan and much more. While he is pushing harmful policies, he also used his position to line his and his wife’s pocket. Rogers happily walked through the revolving door, growing rich after his time in Congress. Despite his criticism of the Chinese government and businesses, he cashed-in on Chinese investments and China-tied companies. Rogers seemed more interested in standing up for the DC swamp and corporations than the hard working citizens of Michigan.
Message: Rogers rather rip women’s rights away than focusing on the issues to actually help families.
- Rogers in a Senate would be a threat to Michigan seniors. Rogers repeatedly voted for a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program which would effectively end the program. Rogers repeatedly voted to raise the eligibility age of Medicare.
- Rogers claimed that “every option” was on the table when it came to overhauling Social Security. Rogers supported a plan to privatize parts of Social Security and touted it as a good option.
Message: Rogers can’t be trusted to support protecting seniors healthcare and Social Security.
- During his time in the House, Rogers received over $670,000 from pharmaceutical/health products industry. Rogers was a “major recipient” of pharmaceutical money. Rogers even took a Novartis private jet to a fundraiser. Rogers was described as a “champion” of the Pharma industry and pushed for greater access to opioids.
- Rogers opposed and voted against allowing drug reimportation, taking the position of Big Pharma. Lansing State Journal editorial criticized Rogers for blocking cheaper drugs. Rogers supported a drug program that explicitly barred Medicare from negotiating drug prices, another position of Big Pharma.
- Rogers voted against and opposed allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices.
Message: Rogers put big pharma before the interests of Michiganders.
¶ Rogers Fueled The Opioid Crisis And Was Bankrolled By Drug Manufacturers
Message: Rogers sold out Michiganders to line his pockets with Big Pharma cash.
- Rogers opposed and voted against the Affordable Care Act and claimed that it would have “deadly consequences.” Rogers bragged about opposing the Affordable Care Act and called the program a “disgrace.”
- Rogers opposed extending ACA subsidies which put over 500,000 Michiganders at risk of skyrocketing premiums.
- Rogers supported the One Big Beautiful Bill which slashed medicaid funding and put rural hospitals at risk.
Message: Rogers betrayed Michiganders by refusing to extend and protect their healthcare.
¶ Rogers Supported Damaging Tariffs And Trade Wars
- Rogers praised Trump’s tariffs and trade wars, dismissed Michiganders’ concerns over the tariffs’ impact, and mocked concerns over higher prices by lying about manufacturing jobs returning; he doubled down on tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled against Trump.
- Trump’s tariffs harmed Michigan’s economy, Michigan farmers, and squeezed auto manufacturers.
- Rogers supported Trump’s trade war threats against Canada and his using the Gordie Howe Bride as leverage in trade negotiations with Michigan’s northern neighbors.
- Rogers received thousands in campaign contributions from the billionaire Moroun family; the Morouns profited from the existing Ambassador Bridge crossing and sought to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge.
Message: Rogers is siding with Trump’s trade war and is choosing higher prices over protecting affordability and Michiganders’ livelihoods.
- Rogers voted to established normal trade relations and since China received permanent normal trade relations status, Michigan has lost over 90,000 manufacturing jobs.
- Rogers supported the Central American Free Trade Agreement and lobbied other lawmakers to support the agreement. The agreement was opposed by the Michigan AFL-CIO who said the deal would hurt Michigan jobs.
- Rogers voted for a free trade agreement with Oman which was criticized by the AFL-CIO as potentially leading to shipping jobs overseas.
Message: Rogers supported trade deals which led to Michigan jobs being moved overseas.
- Rogers wholly supported Trump’s war with Iran and believed there “shouldn’t be a date” when the war ends; he mocked opposition to the war, dismissed the war’s unpopularity and rising gas prices, and praised Trump’s alleged peace efforts.
- Michigan farmers struggled with 40% increases on fertilizer and said they faced “another year to be in the red” over Trump’s “war of choice with Iran.” Farmers faced “a tight squeeze” over war-driven price shocks and warned of increased costs.
- Rogers praised Trump’s tariffs and trade wars, dismissed Michiganders’ concerns over the tariffs’ impact, and mocked concerns over higher prices by lying about manufacturing jobs returning; he doubled down on tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled against Trump.
- Michigan farmers lost $167 million in agricultural exports last year as a result of Trump’s tariffs; farmers faced 89% reductions in their exports, slashed farm spending, and braced for losses amid Trump’s trade wars.
Message: Rogers backed wars of choice and robbed Michigan's farmers to push Trump's agenda.
¶ Rogers Drove Up Michiganders’ Energy Rates
Message: Rogers' support for needless war and self-interested GOP legislation cost Michiganders more on their utility bills.
¶ Rogers Sold Out Michiganders For Him And His Wife’s Pockets
Message: Rogers sold out Michiganders’ data privacy rights to enrich himself and score a multi-billion dollar contract for his wife’s defense company.
Message: Rogers railed against China but cashed-in on Chinese investments and ties to Chinese companies.
Message: Rogers was a career carpetbagger who lied about his residency to scam Michiganders out of their Senate seat.
Message: Rogers abandoned Michiganders to make a fortune off insider information and land high-paying jobs.
- Rogers’ campaigns were bankrolled by Wall Street and he accepted nearly $1.6 million from the financial industry throughout his career.
- Rogers repeatedly voted to repeal Dodd-Frank, a priority of Wall Street because it regulated banks.
- Rogers also supported and voted for corporate tax cuts, including the Bush tax cuts and the Trump tax cuts, while opposing raising taxes on the wealthy.
Message: Rogers put his wealthy donors and the billionaire class above everyday Michiganders.
¶ Rogers Surrounded Himself With Far-Right Extremists, Bigots, And 2020 Election Deniers
- Rogers’ “Faith Coalition” included countless election deniers, homophobes, and creeps like election-denying-pastor Tim Cross who enabled his 40-year mentor to cover up instances of sexual misconduct in his ministries.
- Rogers’ “Students for Mike Rogers” coalition included far-right extremists who called to exile Jewish Americans to North Korea, aligned with the Groypers, believed that women did not belong in politics, and defended the young Republicans’ “I love Hitler” group chat.
Message: Rogers' embraced hateful extremists and pedophile-enablers.
- Texas oil tycoon Timothy Dunn contributed $5 million to Rogers’ super PAC.
- Tim Dunn was a Christian nationalist who opposed public education and associated with neo-Nazis.
Message: Rogers cashed extremists' checks and aligned himself with their bigoted agenda.
Message: Rogers was a sore loser who peddled convenient election denialism.
Rogers Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
Rogers Was Bad For Michigan Seniors
Rogers Was In The Pocket Of Big Pharma
Rogers Fueled The Opioid Crisis And Was Bankrolled By Drug Manufacturers
Rogers Opposed Access To Affordable Health Care
Rogers Supported Damaging Tariffs
Rogers Supported Trade Deals That Harmed Michigan
Rogers Was Bad For Michigan Farmers
Rogers Drove Up Michiganders’ Energy Rates
¶ Mike Rogers Chose Himself Over Michigan And Surrounded Himself With Extremists
Rogers Sold Out Michiganders For Him And His Wife’s Pockets
Rogers Profited From Chinese-Tied Companies He Criticized
Rogers Was A Repeat Carpetbagger
Rogers Walked Through The Revolving Door To Cash In On His Congressional Time
Rogers Did Wall Street’s Bidding
Rogers Surrounded Himself With Far-Right Extremists, Bigots, And 2020 Election Deniers
Rogers’ Campaign Was Bankrolled By A Hateful Christian Nationalist
Rogers Was An Election Denier Himself
Rogers' Votes In Congress